Cheryl’s holistic approach to therapy draws from both evidence-based clinical practices and mindfulness techniques to align with each client’s individual needs, interests, and strengths. Sessions with Cheryl are stimulating, inspiring, empowering – and emphasize developing new skills and strategies that you’ll continue to use in daily life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) aims to identify and then restructure negative patterns in our thinking and behavior. We work toward goals like reducing self-defeating behaviors, learning to adapt to problems, and adjusting our reactions and thoughts.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy 

Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is grounded in the belief that we find healing through the interaction of two opposites – acceptance and change. We focus on building skills like living in the present, regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and effectively managing relationships with others.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Stemming from traditional CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) takes an action-oriented approach to healing. We learn to face our current feelings and emotional challenges. We make a commitment to stop fighting our emotions and to practice more confident, optimistic behavior.

Emotion Efficacy Therapy

Emotion efficacy therapy draws elements from ACT and DBT, targeting the way we experience and respond to emotions. We work to confront pain and develop skills to respond adaptively to emotional triggers. Ultimately, we learn to experience our full range of emotions and react with mindful acceptance and values-based action.

Narrative Therapy 

Narrative therapy builds on the belief that while our emotional issues are a part of us, they do not define us. Through counseling, we uncover the values, goals, and skills that define our true selves – separate from our problems. From this perspective, we are empowered to envision a life that reflects who we are and what we are capable of.

Person-Centered Therapy

Person-centered therapy considers that we all have the power to find the best solutions for ourselves and to implement change in our lives. With the therapist acting as an empathetic facilitator, we work toward self-awareness, self-acceptance, and personal discovery.

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Emotionally focused therapy focuses on relationships, helping couples and families in distress improve their bond. We start by gaining an understanding of the current dynamics between clients, then we work toward restructuring them – directing new conversations and interactions based on more honest feelings.

Positive Psychology

Positive psychology emphasizes finding deep satisfaction and personal well-being in our lives, as opposed to fleeting happiness. We work to develop existing character strengths and behaviors that allow us to build a life of meaning and purpose – to move beyond surviving to flourishing.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy 

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy blends traditional therapy with mindfulness strategies to cultivate a present-oriented, non-judgmental attitude. Techniques and exercises can include meditation, bringing awareness to the breath and/or areas of the body, mindful stretching, and yoga.

Body-Centered Psychotherapy 

Body-centered therapy focuses on the connection between our physical bodies and our mental health – by alleviating the body’s physical response to emotional trauma, we work toward holistic healing. Physical techniques can include deep breathing, relaxation exercises, and movement work.

Creative and Expressive Art Therapy

Expressive art therapy incorporates the creative process – sound, movement, writing, or visual art – to achieve emotional healing. An artistic background or training is not necessary. Through creative expression, we tap into feelings and emotions that may not be available by simply thinking or talking about them.

Ecotherapy 

Ecotherapy encourages exploring a deeper connection with the natural world to promote mental healing and self-awareness. Therapeutic activities can include walking or hiking, practicing yoga in nature, or mindful rest in the outdoors – such as meditating or stargazing.

Psychospirituality 

Not to be confused with religion, psychospirituality explores the connection between the mind and the soul, the interconnectedness of living things, and the possibility of a guiding force in our lives. Spirituality is deeply personal, and it can be a powerful driver of personal transformation for those who are open to it.